See I thought my hand was a mighty hand
As mighty as any flesh and bone
And I thought my hand was a mighty hand
‘Cause it worked in concrete, steel and stone
And they were my hands that shaped the concrete
They were my hands that bent the steel
And they were my hands that made the city rise upon the riverside
And it was my hand that built the wall
To defend the city when the water come up and
My concrete was hard my steel was strong
But in the end the water won

In a mighty mighty, mighty river
In a mighty mighty, mighty rain
In a mighty mighty, mighty river
In a mighty mighty mighty mighty rain

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See God he once he told a man
To build your house on the stone if you are wise
If you are a foolish man
You can build your house wherever the view is
Now God He told that Pharaoh, He will turn this river to blood
And Pharaoh said “my hand is a mighty hand”
Then he watched the river run red

In a mighty mighty, mighty river
In a mighty mighty, mighty rain
In a mighty mighty, mighty river
In a mighty mighty mighty mighty rain

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Forty days and forty nights Noah prayed
While there came down rain and
Forty days and forty nights God warned him
Forty days and forty nights Noah prayed
While there came down rain and
Forty days and forty nights God warned him
Said there’s gonna be a fire next time

In a mighty mighty, mighty river
In a mighty mighty, mighty rain
In a mighty mighty, mighty river
In a mighty mighty mighty mighty rain

They say the way to make God laugh… Tell him all the things you’re after.
So, I’m gonna light up this town. Work in the sun ‘til my skin turns brown.
Work as hard as any man’s seen. Yeah, I’m gonna earn me a name for me.
Work as hard as any man’s seen. Yeah, I’m gonna earn me a name for me.

Yeah, I’m gonna let it go and I’m gonna sing a little rock ‘n roll (x4)

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They say the way to make God laugh. Tell him all the things you’re after.
Say the way to to make him mad… Wish for things that you already had.
So, I’m gonna sit around all the day. Watch the world just pass by me.
I’m gonna sit around all the day. Watch the world just pass by me.

Yeah, I’m gonna let it go and I’m gonna sing a little rock ‘n roll (x4)

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Every day we’ll toil up a hill. Every morning hit the bottom again.
Always see Heaven but never get close. A heavier weight laid on the shoulder.
I thought I was being punished, Lord. I thought the world was gonna bring me down.
Until the one day when the clouds opened up and I figured it out.

I don’t mind at all. I get to sing a little rock ‘n roll (x4)

He’s a wandering man. He’s got a lit cigarette burning in one hand.
He’s got a truck. He likes driving, he likes driving it ‘cause
It’s got one rusty spot but runs well enough to keep that back door open wide.
He’s got damn bright blue eyes. Invite inside if you’re so inclined.
But don’t you walk in, don’t you walk in smiling.
‘Cause there are some things you don’t ever leave behind.

And I watched you run. You made it all the way across the country.
And I watched you run. You made look like that there was something chasing.
I don’t owe you nothing, but it feels like I’m in your debt.
And this world it don’t owe you nothing. But it might just hurt you less.
And side stepping all of your fancy dancing. You feel like a brother to me.
And now whether or not that’s better or worse. Well, you don’t get to choose your family.
So, I watched you go ‘cause I can recognize what I don’t know.
And I watched you go ‘cause I hope someday you’ll find that home you’re looking for.

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He’s a wandering man. He likes that driving. He likes that highway.
He likes that old saying about that rolling stone. How it ain’t got nothing to own.
And it ain’t got nothing owning it.
No, lord, he ain’t got nothing.
Until he slows down or quits.

And I watched you run and you made it all the way across the country.
And I watched you run. You made look like that there was something chasing.
I don’t owe you nothing, but it feels like I’m in your debt.
And this world it don’t owe you nothing. Well, it might just hurt you less.
And slicing through all your bullshit. Well, you feel like a brother to me.
And now whether or not that’s better or worse. Well, you don’t get to choose your family.
So, I watched you go ‘cause I can recognize what I don’t know.
And I watched you go ‘cause I hope someday you’ll find that home you’re looking for.

She was a beautiful dream just as bright as the moon, distant as a star and as blue
She was warm to the touch, but man, she was cool.
So I took that one step forward, she took one step back.
I took one to the side and she turned.
She was always smiling, she was always hiding
I never saw what she held behind her.

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Lord, she could smell as sweet as a honeysuckle vine
She was lonesome as a laurel bloom in spring.
She could run like water, she could blush like wine
But she was hollow as a river cane.
Lord, hollow as a river cane.
I never saw behind her it was rot and splinters
It was mold garbage and decay.
She was as dark as the wrong side of a crescent moon.
With all of the silver on display.
And look at the fool that she made.

Oh, Lilly. Lilly. Lilly. Lilly. Lilly.

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So if I was broken now I suppose that I was only ever made out of clay.
So I can return to the ground while you go out and spread your wings.
Or will you just spread your legs?
Oh, will you go flying now out into the night like a screech owl singing, singing, singing.

Lilly (x9)

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
Traveling through this world below
But there’s no sickness, no toil or danger
In this bright world to which I go

I’m going there to meet my father
I’m going there no more to roam.
I’m just going over Jordan
I’m just going over home

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I know dark clouds they’ll gather ’round me
I know my way is rough and steep
But beautiful fields lie just beyond me
Where God’s redeemed their vigils keep

I’m going there to meet my mother
Said she’d meet me when I come.
I’m just going over Jordan
I’m just going, I’m going, I’m going home

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I’ll soon be free from earthly trials.
My body asleep in the old church yard.
I’ll drive that cross of self denial.
And enter on my, my great reward.

I’m going there to meet my savior
To sing his praises forever more.
I’m just going over Jordan
I’m just going, I’m going, I’m going home

No, I never was a thief before I was a gambler.
I bet all my life on stolen odds.
Ain’t nothing worth building that ain’t worth tearing down.
And there ain’t nothing in my hands now.
No, there’s nothing in my hands now.

My life has become one long shot gamble.
I’ve mortgaged all I have for things I can’t own.
I had a life full of steady living. Now, I wont’ be happy ‘til I’ve burnt it all.
Won’t be happy ‘til I’ve burnt it all.

I will take my hand and play it.
Play until I fall down.
Take this book of matches
Lord, and I will watch it burn down to the ground.

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Have you ever struck a match on a deck of cards
And watched all the faces take the flames?
See, first they turn orange, then blue, then black.
Then all those numbers look the same.
Yeah, you can win with any given hand.

Yeah, I wish that I was sorry for not being stronger
I wish that I wanted to change my name
I wish that I believed there was something else better
But I learned all that I know from this game.
Yeah, I learned all that I know from this game.

I will take my hand and play it.
Play until I fall down.
Take this book of matches
Lord, and I will watch it burn down to the ground.

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No, I never was a thief before I was a gambler.
I bet all my life on stolen odds.
Ain’t nothing worth building that ain’t worth tearing down.
Ain’t nothing in my hands now.
Nothing in my hands now.

Well, it seems to me that we had it once. Did we let it go?
Did we let it rust? Did we let it jump like a spark out of a fire?
Lord, they look so good shining out against the night
It’s so hard to remember they’re just dying.
It’s so hard to remember they’re all dying.

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I hit a bird with my windshield as I was driving down the highway.
Watched him hit the road in my rearview.
Yeah, he got up once but the wind was too much.
I watched him go down between those yellow lines
And I was thinking about me and you.
Yeah, I’m always thinking about me and you.

Darlin’ (x7)

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Signed a paper today that said that you and I were a mistake.
We both made underneath that walnut tree in June.
And I wouldn’t take it back if I could but I can’t
So I’ll just thank you. I suppose that’s all there’s left for me to do.
Yeah, I suppose that’s all there’s left for me to do.

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I believe that regret is just a stain of mistakes we make
And I got so many now left on my hands.
You asked me for nothing when we started and I’m sorry
It seems that’s all I gave you in the end.
I’m so sorry that’s all that I gave you in the end.

Darlin’ (x8)

See, I thought I saw your face once down by the train tracks.
So I walked down and waited for you to come back.
And I thought I heard your voice, it was singing through the rails
There were miles of ties and spikes and every one of them was wailing.

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And I thought heard your breath rising up through the gravel.
Mixing with the breeze and waiving in the trees above me.
And I thought I felt you coming closer like a train
As I lay there listening to the squealing of the brakes.
I swear I saw your face.

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See, I thought I caught your scent once down by the river
So I walked down to the water and I waded in.
I thought I heard you laughing. You were lapping at the banks.
And you were splashing in the waves and you were soaking into my clothes.
And pulling me in closer the further I went. I swear I caught your scent.

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See, I thought I felt your hand holding me on the ridge.
Lift me up to the cliffs and I got right up to the edge.
When I felt you let me go and left there alone.
I was standing on my own and I was just breathing in
When I watched you catch a leaf. Pulling from the trees.
Raise it up in the air while I was standing there.
And I swear I thought it could be me rising up through the sky.
Leaving this old world behind. I’d be just dancing on the wind.
And that’s when I felt your hand holding me again.

See, I thought I saw your face once down by the train tracks.
So I walked down and waited for you to come back.